Pentagonia (plant)

Last updated

Pentagonia
IMG 5501-Pentagonia macrophylla.jpg
Pentagonia macrophylla
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Dialypetalantheae
Genus: Pentagonia
Benth. [1]
Species

See text.

Pentagonia is a genus of over 40 species of plants in the Coffee or Gardenia family (Rubiaceae}. [1] Pentagonia species are native to Central America and northern South America, and grow in moist tropical forests below 900m. [2] The genus was first described by George Bentham in 1845. [3] The genus is noteworthy for its opposite pairs of huge leaves in a variety of shapes including entire, shallowly or deeply lobed, and even pinnate. These leaves can, in the case of a recently discovered species (possibly Pentagonia gomez-lauritoi) be up to four feet (1.2 meters) long not including the six inch (15 cm) petiole, and up to 2.5 feet (76 centimeters) in width. [4]

Species

As of April 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [1]

Related Research Articles

Schradera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Martin Vahl in 1797. The genus has a wide distribution area and is found from tropical America to the Malay Archipelago. It is the only genus in the tribe Schradereae.

<i>Alseis</i> Genus of plants

Alseis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1827. The genus is native to tropical Latin America from southern Mexico to Brazil.

Joosia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are at least 11 species. They are distributed from Costa Rica to Bolivia with the center of diversity in Ecuador.

<i>Ladenbergia</i> Genus of plants

Ladenbergia is a genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae.

<i>Simira</i> Genus of plants

Simira is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species:

Remijia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Within the family, it is a member of the subfamily Cinchonoideae and the tribe Cinchoneae.

<i>Duroia</i> Genus of plants

Duroia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from Costa Rica to tropical South America.

<i>Alibertia</i> (plant) Genus of plants

Alibertia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical America. They are dioecious trees or shrubs, with white flowers and indehiscent, often fleshy fruit.

Appunia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1873. The genus is found from southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.

<i>Arcytophyllum</i> Genus of flowering plants

Arcytophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains 18 species, distributed from New Mexico to Bolivia.

Retiniphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains 20 species. It is the only genus in the tribe Retiniphylleae. The representatives are shrubs or small trees that grow in white sand soils in tropical South America. They are mainly distributed in the Guayana Region (Venezuela) but also occur in the Amazon Basin, the eastern Andes and central and eastern Brasil.

<i>Chomelia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Chomelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and much of South America as far south as Argentina.

<i>Geophila</i> Genus of fungi

Geophila is a genus of herbs in the family Rubiaceae. This genus is pantropical, as it is found in most tropical regions.

<i>Margaritopsis</i> Genus of flowering plants

Margaritopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family. The genus is found from Mexico to tropical America.

<i>Deppea</i> Genus of plants

Deppea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in Mexico, Central America and from Brazil to northeastern Argentina.

<i>Coussarea</i> Genus of flowering plants

Coussarea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from southern Mexico to tropical America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dialypetalantheae</span> Tribe of flowering plants

Dialypetalantheae, synonym Condamineeae, is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 305 species in 31 genera. Most genera are found in Central and Southern Tropical America, but a few occur in Southeast Asia.

<i>Ferdinandusa</i> Genus of plants

Ferdinandusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to the American tropics.

<i>Notopleura</i> (plant) Genus of Rubiaceae plants

Notopleura is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. They tend to be subshrubs, herbs and epiphytes.

Hippotis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pentagonia Benth". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. Cornejo, Xavier (July 2006). "Two New Species of Pentagonia (Rubiaceae-Hippotideae) from Ecuador and Peru". Harvard Papers in Botany. Harvard University Herbaria. 11 (1): 19–24. doi:10.3100/1043-4534(2006)11[19:tnsopr]2.0.co;2. JSTOR   41761837. S2CID   86065378.
  3. "Pentagonia Benth". The International Plant Names Index . Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL" . Retrieved 12 July 2005.[ dead link ]